If there is no mind, what is it that is controlling your body to ask this question at this moment? If there is mind, what is it like? It is formless, changeless and intangible. Considering the former, we can’t say that there is no mind, but judging from the latter, we can’t say that there is mind.
This is why the Buddha said that mind is neither existent nor non-existent. The truth is that there is only mind and there is nothing that is not mind. It follows from this that we can’t say it is mind, because there is nothing to distinguish it from. Accordingly, no-mind means not that there is no mind but that there is nothing but mind.
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